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Topic: Open Document How to number pages
Page numbers in a text document are not located in the main part of the page, but above or below it. These additional parts of the page are called headers and footers.
To insert a header in OpenOffice Writer, select the menu item
Insert – Header – Normal
When you create a new text document in OpenOffice, by default the page contains neither a header nor a footer. You decide whether you want the page numbering at the top or bottom and insert a header or footer into the page (menu command Insert → Footer [or Header] → Normal).
The fact is that in OpenOffice.org Writer any page is formatted according to some page style. By default, when you create a new text document, the program assumes that all pages are formatted using the “Normal” style. But you can format pages in different styles, for example “First page of document”, “Even”, “Odd”, “Landscape”. Headers and footers are part of the page style, and each style can have different headers and footers, for example, with or without pagination. If you use several page styles in your document, then the “Header” menu item (as well as the “Footer” menu item) will display the names of all the page styles that you use.
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- From: Belgorod
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Re: Open Document How to number pages
Before inserting the “Page Number” field, the cursor must be in the footer
All that remains is to insert the page number into the footer. If you put the number “1” in the footer on the first page, then this unit will be repeated on the second, fifth, and hundredth pages of your document. The fact is that the program will perceive this number as a regular character, and not as a special field, the contents of which should show the serial number of the current page.
To insert a “Page Number” field, select the menu
Insert - Margins - Page Number
Therefore, you insert the “Page Number” field into the header and footer (place the cursor in the header and footer, and then select the menu command Insert → Fields → Page Number).
In OpenOffice Writer, after inserting the “Page Number” field into the footer, the page number is displayed on each page
Now, on each new page of your document, the OpenOffice Writer text editor will place a footer (header or footer, depending on the choice you made earlier), and inside the footer will be the current page number.
By this, the program shows the user that there is not an ordinary symbol here, but this is a special field, the contents of which are determined automatically. The field will not be grayed out when printed. If you don't like the fact that fields are grayed out, you can disable this by selecting the menu item “View -> Field Shading”. OOo Writer has different types of fields. For example, the “Number of Pages” field will show how many pages are in the document. This may be useful if you want to number the pages as “page 36 out of 123”.
The openoffice program can be a real salvation for anyone who needs to write a large paper and format it beautifully. There is everything you need to make your work easy to read and look very decent. If you are just starting to master a text editor, it will be useful for you to learn how to number pages in openoffice.
Page numbering in openoffice: instructions
The main difficulty of this task is to number pages in an open office without a title page, that is, so that the first page does not display a unit, but the order begins with the number “2”. This is exactly the rule that anyone who wants their work to comply with office work standards should follow.
Follow these steps:
- Open the document you want to organize.
- Determine where you would like the number to be. To make it at the top, set the header so that the numbers appear at the bottom of the sheet - select footer. In order to select the required header and footer, in the menu bar located at the top of the window, find “Insert” and click on the appropriate item in the pop-up list. Generally, footer is the choice in most cases.
- Then click once on the header and footer, then go to the “Insert” menu again, then select “Margins”, and in the list that appears, “Page Number”.
- If you want to center the numbers, you need to highlight the number and then click on the Center Align icon (located on the toolbar).
- If you want to change the format and change the numerals from Arabic to Roman, double-click on the number and then select the desired display option from the drop-down list.
- If you are writing a thesis, or office work standards at work force you to number pages in an open office without a title page, that is, start counting from the number “2”, click at the beginning of the first page with the mouse, then find “Formatting” on the top panel and select "Styles" item. In the dialog box that appears, you need to click on the button called “Page styles as shown in the figure”, and then double-click on the words “First page”.
In order to remove the numbers, you just need to remove the header and footer.
A useful recommendation: if you need to number pages in openoffice, starting from the third sheet (numbers “3”), skip two sheets without text forward in the document, and insert the title page and contents, which are usually not numbered, into another document.
Please note that numbers in the form of numbers are presented in the office editor only in “preview” mode. When you turn on the editing mode, only the words “page numbers” will be visible, however, if you did everything correctly, everything will still remain calculated and numbered. 
Now you know how to set page numbers in openoffice and give your work, be it a diploma, a speech or just a monthly accounting report, an ideal appearance. If you start getting acquainted with this office editor from the basics, you will never have such difficulties again.
If you are looking for an answer to the question of how to number pages in Open Office , We will tell you detailed step-by-step instructions that will help you solve the problem that has arisen.
The text editor of the software package has an interface similar to the well-known Word, and therefore it is very easy to use. Typically, difficulties arise in the question of how to number pages in Open Office, and this function is often needed by users, for example, when writing dissertations. The whole process consists of 2 stages.
Inserting headers and footers in Open Office
Initially, you need to enable headers and footers; page numbers will be placed on them. First, decide where you want to place the numbering: if at the top, you need a header, if at the bottom, you need a footer. The step-by-step scheme is as follows:
- Open the Insert menu section. After that, in the drop-down menu, find Header or Footer, depending on your situation. Then click Normal.
- You will see a header or footer on the sheet at the top or bottom. Click on it with your mouse.
- On the right you will see a table with text formatting. Here you must select the location for future page numbering and specify its format.
Let's move on to the final stage - directly to how to number pages in Openoffice.
Setting up page numbers in Openoffice
The instructions are as follows: 
- Go to the Insert section again. Here in the menu, find the Fields item.
- We need the Page Number item.
Now each new sheet of your text document will have its own number. Often the first sheet is left unnumbered as the title page. We will tell you what to do in this situation.
How to put numbering starting from sheet 2 in Open Office
Now you will learn how to number pages in Open Office without a title page. The instructions are simple: 
- You need to define the title page style: click on the Format tab in the menu, then click on Styles, and then on Page Style. Select the First Page option.
- Now open the Insert menu and click Break, click on Page Break, click on Style, we need the Normal style.
- Let's move on to the second page. Now insert the header and footer and enter the page numbers according to the scheme described above.
This is how you easily enter page numbering in Open Office from the document page you need. .
Openoffice- a wonderful thing. It has the ability to work with documents from the Small Software office, easily create PDF files, and many other useful things, but the most important, perhaps, is free .
There are times when, out of old memory (from Melkosoft’s Word), you look for the desired function in Openoffice, but it’s not there in the usual place.
The other day the secretary asked: “ How to number pages in Openoffice? «.
I sent her to the search engine and continued to go about my business.
As it turned out, upon request “ How to number pages in Openoffice“She didn’t find anything worthwhile... and so she returned to me. Added to the question indignation…
I had to get up from my comfortable chair, stretch my fingers and show.
The question: “How to number pages in Openoffice” can be easily resolved. Catch the instructions)))
Instructions on the topic: “How to number pages in Openoffice”
1. Open the desired document (we are talking about a text document in doc or otd format)
2. Add a footer (if it doesn’t already exist). If the page number is needed at the top, add the top one.
To add a header and footer to the menu, click “Insert” -> “Footer” -> “Normal”
3. Place your mouse in the footer, in the menu click “Insert” -> “Fields” -> “Page Number”
4. If you need to change the page number format (for example, make it in Roman numerals), double-click the page number and select the desired format.
5. If you need to change the page number style, select the very first page number and change the style using the buttons in the toolbar (fader, larger, different font, center, etc.)
6. If you need to remove a number from the first page, place the cursor at the beginning of the first page and click “Formatting” -> “Styles” in the menu. In the window that appears, click the “Page Styles” button (it is not labeled), and then double-click on the “First Page” inscription
7. If you need different styles for even and odd pages (for example, even numbers are on the right, odd numbers are on the left)
Well, everything is complicated here... if it’s your first time... Let’s stop more details
Here are instructions on the topic: How to number pages in openoffice so that even pages are in one style and odd in another
1. Place the cursor on the first page and press F11 on the keyboard (or in the menu, click “Formatting” -> “Styles”)
2. In the window that appears, click the button “ Page styles"(it is not signed), and then double-click on the inscription " First page"(if you don't need a number on the title page), or "Right page" (if needed)
3. Now in the same window, right-click on the inscription “ Right page" and in the drop-down menu click " Change«.
4. In the window that appears, on the “ Control" in field " Next style» select « Left page«.
5. Select the tab “ footerOn footer«.
6. Click OK.
7. Return to the window “ Styles and Formatting«.
8. Right-click on the inscription “ Left page" and in the drop-down menu click " Change«.
9. In the window that appears, on the “ Control" in field " Next style» select « Right page«.
10. Select the tab “ footer" and put a tick (if not checked) in the field " On footer«.
11. Click OK.
12. Return to the window “ Styles and Formatting«.
13. Right-click on the inscription “ Right page" and in the drop-down menu click " Change«.
14. In the window that appears, on the “ Control" in field " Next style» select « Left page«.
15. Select the tab “ footer" and put a tick (if not checked) in the field " On footer«.
16. Click OK.
17. Return to the window “ Styles and Formatting«.
18. Go to the bottom of the second page (the footer is hidden there), in the menu click “ Insert» -> « Fields» -> « Page number«
18. Go to the bottom of the third page (the footer is hidden there), in the menu click “ Insert» -> « Fields» -> « Page number«
19. Now change the style of the second page (select and change through the toolbar), and then the third.
20. Thank me with cookies for tea))
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A new document created in a word processor does not contain headers or footers by default. Accordingly, in OpenOffice, page numbering can be located wherever the user decides. Having decided on the location, add some text to the footer and you will see that it will be duplicated on the first, second and hundredth pages of the document, the same will happen with the number 1 (for example). OpenOffice will treat it as a regular character and copy it to all sheets, instead of showing a serial number.
Step by step guide
id="a1">There are several options for page numbering in OpenOffice: display in the usual format or as “page 57 of 155”. You can choose the most suitable one.
How to make numbering from the second page in OpenOffice?
id="a2">Compliance with this point is required by the rules of office work and the rules for writing dissertations. To hide a number from the title page, click in the topmost field and open the “Formatting/Styles” menu. Afterwards, a dialog box will open, in which you should click the “Styles as shown in the figure” button and select the “First page” inscription.
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